eight weeks on the low-dose pill

Eight weeks ago my doctor added a low-dose anxiety medication to what I was already taking. I want to put down what actually happened because I spent a long time reading accounts that were either very dramatic or very vague. The first two weeks I felt slightly dulled. Not sedated, just quieter in a way that was hard to assess. I ate the same things and noticed I was less interested in finishing my plate, which I did not expect. By week five the background hum of worry that I had been carrying for about three years was noticeably lower. Not gone. Lower. I could sit with an unread email without my chest tightening before I opened it. Weight has not changed. Sleep is marginally better, which may be the reduced anxiety rather than anything direct. My reading has improved, meaning I can stay with a book for longer without rereading the same paragraph. I have a follow-up in two weeks. I am keeping a short log because I know I will minimize everything in the room if I do not have it written down.